Thursday, November 3, 2016

Why I love Arnab Goswami

Let
me confess outright here. I am NOT a fan of journalist Arnab Goswami and his
whirlwind 'The Newshour'.

He
disrespects Indian Constitution, which he hollers to be the uncoronated
custodian of. He invites people to his show to work them up so mercilessly, denying
them their basic right of expression. Modiji could explain the Fundamental
Rights to him. Or perhaps, Smriti Irani could do that better. In matters of the
mind, after all wavelength matters!

People
love to hate him and all the same hate to love him, too. He may be loud, brash,
arrogant, ignorant, impatient...possibly all of these and more. His attitude of
'my way or the high way' riles people and yet they tolerate him, when in the
21st century they have an easy option of switching channels without having to work
their ass off.

Somewhere
within, people fear missing him.

How
else can you justify the reaction that his resignation has evoked. I find it
ridiculous when people heave a sigh of relief that he's quit but are eager to
know what's his next move. They blame him of impatience and they have got not
an iota of it. People are enthusiastically guessing his next venture, when he's
gonna return, where and how and with whom. Not satisfied, they have
suggestions, too.

This
is the average lot. Average minds tolerate people that fit into their
mediocrity. They encourage people with pity to let them be or praise and eulogize
them as one among them out there trying to make it. But once they cross over
the bar and 'make it', then the lot considers it their birth right to shred
them.

Arnab connects with the armchair-opinion-makers

Let's
get this straight... Arnab has successfully managed to touch a cord in the
masses. He connects with the armchair-opinion-makers. On issues that disturb
them but are lazy to act upon or are helpless to support, he does the shouting
and protesting on their behalf. Period. They let him stroke their ego on national
issues. But when they have to take sides, their little selves within rise up. And
they accuse him, lampoon him and talk ethics when they could easily IGNORE him.

Simply
because, it is difficult to ignore success. It's in your face. You can
acknowledge it or discard it, but you can't ignore it.

Arnab
Goswami has changed the face of Indian media. Whether it is right or wrong or you
endorse it or not, or if he's set of a disastrous trend, notwithstanding. This
is the truth. And it is his passion that's got the world talking!

That's
why I love this man - Arnab Goswami the individual, the person.

I
love his passion and his unwavering dedication. He's clear about what he wants
in life and he's worked towards it, without a care to the critics. That's the
trait of successful people. They are focussed and let nothing hamper their vision.
If only all of us could have such clear intent and make our respective lives
worthwhile doing what we love instead of making one man's decision a colossal
issue.

He
is just one among the 7 billion-odd people on a small piece of rock, which in
turn is spinning in empty space.

1 comment:

He has asked the questions in a manner that no other journalist would dare and that's why I liked him. I also wrote a post once on AG and sharing the link here when you get time to read - http://happinessandfood.com/dinner-date-with-arnab-goswami/